Wow, that is awful! Glad you're okay now. It would be really good to know if that event was related to the lack of insulin though!
Is your work really physical? or where you drinking lots of coffee or doing particularly dehydrating work? The explanation seems plausible as high sugars causes vasoconstriction which causes arteries/veins to narrow.
Also - You really should try the cartridge pens again, i switched from disposable and cartridges are much better as you don't have to store or travel with extra full pens, just the small little cartridges. Its easier on the fridge and bag space haha Plus the pens are just much nicer to use, like luxury diabetes haha
Thanks Matt. My work involves sitting at a desk and writing code as well as managing a team of fellow nerds; it's about as unphysical as you get!
I do drink a bit of coffee though. I'd got to work in the morning and taken about half my Levemir which I should have taken the night before, as I didn't have my blood testing equipment with me in work so I couldn't be sure if I had forgotten it or not (I was feeling grotty but I'd been ill for a while, so chalked it up to that). I planned to go home at lunchtime and check what was happening.
In hindsight it was a very silly thing to do - I should have returned home straight away and sorted myself out, but being diabetic for so long made me a bit blasé - not any more, I might add. I was probably showing the first signs of DKA as well when I got to hospital.
On the plus side, I found out that the best way to blag a free donut from Krispy Kreme is to faint outside, even though I couldn't eat it. The more you know...
I'll chat to my DN about the cartridges. Seems like a good idea. I must admit though, I do like the thought that if something happens to my pen at the moment, I have a whole bunch more at home. Do you get a spare with the Echo?